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				|  |  |  ### `PGDATA`
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				|  |  | -This optional variable can be used to define another location - like a subdirectory - for the database files. The default is `/var/lib/postgresql/data`, but if the data volume you're using is a filesystem mountpoint (like with GCE persistent disks), Postgres `initdb` recommends a subdirectory (for example `/var/lib/postgresql/data/pgdata` ) be created to contain the data.
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				|  |  | +This optional variable can be used to define another location - like a subdirectory - for the database files. The default is `/var/lib/postgresql/data`. If the data volume you're using is a filesystem mountpoint (like with GCE persistent disks) or remote folder that cannot be chowned to the `postgres` user (like some NFS mounts), Postgres `initdb` recommends a subdirectory be created to contain the data.
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				|  |  | +For example:
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				|  |  | +```console
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				|  |  | +$ docker run -d \
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				|  |  | +	-name some-postgres \
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				|  |  | +	-e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=mysecretpassword \
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				|  |  | +	-e PGDATA=/var/lib/postgresql/data/pgdata \
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				|  |  | +	-v /custom/mount:/var/lib/postgresql/data \
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				|  |  | +	%%IMAGE%%
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				|  |  | +```
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				|  |  |  This is an environment variable that is not Docker specific. Because the variable is used by the `postgres` server binary (see the [PostgreSQL docs](https://www.postgresql.org/docs/11/app-postgres.html#id-1.9.5.14.7)), the entrypoint script takes it into account.
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